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FCP HDV Capturing Problem
Final Cut Pro HDV Capturing Problem
I’ve always been able to log and capture tape to Final Cut Pro 6 using a Sony HDV Clamshell via Firewire Basic. Recently whenever I log and capture it will capture for 5-10 seconds and then start to break up and stop (media stream issue), or freeze on a frame indefinitely (searching for media, etc).. I switched tapes and did some basic troubleshooting -restarting the program/computer, etc. I tried capturing using Apple Pro Res formats, Uncontrollable Device settings, etc. I tried capturing straight from my camera, and the same thing happens. I’m wondering if my system is simply overloaded. I have two external hard drives, and my files are saved on both. One of them (Maxtor 1TB -which is full) quit about a week ago, and has been working off and on since, and since then my system seems really taxed and slow. I’ve been trying to work around it with my 2 TB G-Drive (memory half full). Final Cut Pro has a hard time opening and responding.. I suspect this has something to do with my capturing issue..
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6 Replies
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Post more about your system. CPU? OS?
When’s the last time you rebuilt your startup disk?
Jerry
Apple Certified Trainer, Producer, Writer, Director Editor, Gun for Hire and other things. I ski.
8-Core 3.0 Intel Mac Pro, Dual 2 gig G5, AJA Kona SD, AJA Kona 2, Huge Systems Array UL3D, AJA Io HD, 17″ MBP, Matrox MXO2 with MAX Cinema Displays
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Mac G5 1.83 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 512 MB RAM, 160 GB Hard Drive G5 iMac ATI Radeon 9600 video card.
I don’t think it’s ever been rebuilt.
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It’s very likely time for you to rebuild the startup disk, reinstall everything from the ground up.
Your machine is at the end of it’s life maybe too… it’s never going to run newer software than what you have now.
Jerry
Apple Certified Trainer, Producer, Writer, Director Editor, Gun for Hire and other things. I ski.
8-Core 3.0 Intel Mac Pro, Dual 2 gig G5, AJA Kona SD, AJA Kona 2, Huge Systems Array UL3D, AJA Io HD, 17″ MBP, Matrox MXO2 with MAX Cinema Displays
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This is a G5 Imac with 512 ram? The problem with Imacs is there is only one firewire bus and using the same bus for a deck and a media drive can be hit or miss. Can you edit with material already captured? Try capturing a small amount to your system drive and then moving the files to your media drive.
Try backing up what’s important on your media drives. Wipe them clean and reformat. Try a different camera/deck to capture with and a different firewire cable. If still no luck, do the same to your system drive. Back it up. Wipe it clean. Fresh install all. Add more ram.OSX 10.5.7; MAC Book PRO (EARLY 2008); Camcorders: Sony Z7U, Canon HV30, Sony vx2000/PD170, Canon xl2; Pana, Sony, and Canon consumer cams; FCP certified; write professionally for a variety of media; teach video production in L.A.
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I’m still able to edit existing footage from one of my drives, but it’s incredibly slow. I’ll try rebuilding the start-up disks, and then resort to wiping the system. I think that should get me going again. Thanks for tips!
-Kristin
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Also consider how full the media drives are. After 80%, things are going to slow down. And moving media about on a drive can create corruptions and fragmentations which is one of the reasons it is not recommended to store media on your system drive. If you could try a clean media drive, you’d find out fast if the problem is the media drives or the system drive. Very good idea to create a system in which you store old projects on bare drives on the shelf and keep your active media drive clean and with lots of headroom. I’m running into this problem myself and will probably buy a drive dock from OWC, which looks like it will make it easy to swap out drives for back ups. I’ve been unscrewing an old enclosure till now, but it’s getting to be a pain.
OSX 10.5.7; MAC Book PRO (EARLY 2008); Camcorders: Sony Z7U, Canon HV30, Sony vx2000/PD170, Canon xl2; Pana, Sony, and Canon consumer cams; FCP certified; write professionally for a variety of media; teach video production in L.A.
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